Daniel Steffen has been good enough to set up Alpha-bugzilla, a
bug-tracking database for Alpha. This is the appropriate place to report
bugs with any version of Alpha. Some historical bug
reports from the old Alpha-D mailing list have been entered
(Pleasecontact me if you'd be
willing to help), but that's going to take awhile.

In addition to our general goals of bringing Alpha up to date with the latest Tcl libraries
and general bug fixing, my particlar interests are:

Improved AppleEvent operability.

I wrote the ae(parse|coerce|build).tcl scripts in
the System code of Alpha 7. These make AE communications between
Alpha and other programs easier, more consistent, and less
error-prone, but they can be quite slow. In Alpha8, this system has
been completely replaced by my TclAE
library. In Alpha 7.x, TclAE has been implemented with a reasonable
facsimile in pure Tcl code. The Alpha8 and Alpha7 variants are
interface compatible, but the speed concerns above are a big
problem in Alpha7.

Alpha7 can act as an AppleEvent handler for any arbitrary event, but
its ability to send a reply is quite primitive. Also, the handler queue is
not very robust. Alpha8 supports full, two-way communication.

Rudimentary support for scriptability and recordability have
been added. It's all accessible from Tcl scripts. Development
continues…

Alpha is not an open source project. Input is more than welcome,
however. Please post to AlphaTcl-developers
or AlphaTcl-users if
there are things you'd like to see implemented in the core application that
you're pretty sure can't be done with Tcl (you might be surprised how
little actually falls into this category).

If you're absolutely convinced that you have unique skills to contribute to
the core application, please contact
me. Contingent on approval by the other developers and by Pete Keleher
(nobody's been refused, but we're trying to keep the team manageable),
we'll then send instructions on how to access the code repository and to
join our Alpha Hackers mailing list.

Alpha 8 development is supported in part by UNI SOFTWARE PLUS, through the
grant of a multiuser license to their VOODOO Server version management software.
Alpha 8 will eventually be made a Client tool for VOODOO Server, in
appreciation for this support.